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According to the NSPCC, the number of teens seeking counselling sessions for stress rose by 11% in 2017.

Each year when exam season rolls around or a new term begins, we see new statistics and articles highlighting how stressed children and teens across the country are. With increased pressure from homework, exams, social media, peer and parental expectations, young people are arguably feeling more stressed than ever before.

As part of our mission to create a happier, healthier society, we have been working on a new range of free, easy to use resources to help parents, teachers, primary and secondary school-aged children. Our aim? To help young people (and the adults that support them) learn how to recognise the signs of stress, discover what they can do to tackle these feelings, and develop healthy coping strategies that will work for them.

Together with Happiful Magazine, we have created a number of free resources to help families and schools learn more...

The impact of parental stress on children is a topic that is well-researched by academics. But, when it comes to the practicalities and the impacts, do we, as parents, know the effects ourstressis having on our children?

As parents, we can often face the burden of expected happiness. Many parents feel obliged to showcase social media showreels of their ‘joyous’ parenting, but it’s not always the truth of what’s going on behind closed doors. In fact, many parents will be ‘managing’ the stress of parenting with unhealthy...

The importance of looking after yourself when your work involves helping others.

We have all heard about the importance of self-care and how it helps us stay both physically and mentally well. Yet for many of us, it continues to be a struggle. Interestingly perhaps, those who work in a helping capacity can quickly forget about their own self-care.

We speak to counsellor Teresa Sinani about the importance of self-care when you care for others at work.

The term self-care is often spoken about, but what does it mean for those who work in the helping professions?

I understand self-care to be a practise that counsellors, therapists, anyone working in the helping professions need to...